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Title
Religious service, Eastern Province, Kenya, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
“A service at an out-dispensary.” Exterior view showing a gathering of Kikuyu people sitting listening to Dr Irvine playing the accordion. Safaris to out-schools were an opportunity to provide medical care, school supervision and evangelical services. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 14 x 9 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-97125069-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80641
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-97125069-1.jpg
Subject
Irvine, Archibald Clive, missionary, Chogoria, 1893-1974
Religious services
Dispensaries (health facilities)
Musical instruments
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
Africa
Eastern Province
Kenya
Source
Acc.12016/7 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 97125067 [File]
Relation
Chogoria Early Days, 1922-1930
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
image/tiff

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